Hinge



July 9, 1940. ANDERSON 2,207,046

HINGE Original Filed April 27, 1957 [la d 1 5022 INVENTOR. 7

HIS ATTORNEY.

Patented July 9, 1940 UNITED STATES mar:

Lloyd Anderson, Grand Rapids, Mich, allltnor to National Look 00., Rockford, 111., a corporation of Delaware Original application April 2'1, 1937, Serial No. 139,130. Divided and this application January 26, 1938, Serial No. 187,054

3 Claims. (Cl. 312-189) This invention pertains to hinge structures, and more particularly to an improved thrust hinge structure originally disclosed in my copending application, Serial No. 139,130, filed April 27, 1937, which has matured into Patent No. 2,183,210, dated December 12, 1939, of which the present application is a division.

An important object of the invention is the provision of a thrust hinge of simplified construction which is very strong and adapted for concealed mounting.

A furtherobject is the provision of a thrust hinge particularly suited to concealed mounting on utility cabinets, refrigerator boxes, and the like.

Another object is the provision of a thrust hinge in the form of an offset attaching bracket provided with a pintle rod secured at one end' thereto and a cooperating hinge member in the form of a plate bent back upon itself to provide a sleeve in the bight portion of the bend and adapted to embrace the pintle, the sleeve being pinched at one of its ends to provide a stop for a. thrust plug seated in the sleeve and against which the free end of the pintle is adapted to bear.

Still another object is the provision of a thrust hinge structure of simplified design and providing a construction which is inexpensive to manufacture and at the same time extremely durable, the structure including a pair of cooperating mounting members, one of which is a casting with an offset flange to which is secured one end of a pintle, and the other of which is an apertured plate member bent over upon itself to provide a bight portion constituting a sleeve adapted to receive the pintle, there being a bearing plug disposed at one end of the sleeve against which the free end of the pintle rides, and the sleeve being pinched to hold the bearing, plug in place.

Yet another object is the provision of a concealed thrust hinge structure for use in cabinets having a recessed wall portion in the main surface thereof and adapted to be covered by a panel or the like which stands out from the cabinet so as to be flush with the outer surface of a closure member, the hinge structure including one member mounted in a recessed portion of the door adjacent an edge thereof, and a cooperating bracket member having a mounting plate dspo-sed within a recessed portion between the panel and the cabinet and provided with a pintle engaging the hinge member on the closure.

Other objects and novel aspects of the invention will appear as the following description proceeds in view of the drawing, in which:

Fig. 1 is a fragmentary front elevation of a refrigerator door employing the novel thrust hinge;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged vertical side section through the cabinet structure and hinge assembly as viewed along line 2--2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is an end view of the sleeve hinge unit as seen from lines 33 of, Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is an enlarged fragmentary horizontal section along lines 4- -4 of Fig. 1; while Fig. 5 is an enlarged top plan view of the pintle hinge member as seen along lines 55 of Fig. 1.

It is to be understood that the following particular description is intended to illustrate a preferred form of the invention and'that modifications may be made in the particular structure set forth without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention, and that any such modifications or changes are included within the call of the claims hereinafter set forth. 7

In Fig. 1, there is shown a refrigerator cabinet l2 having a door it swung on a lower or thrust hinge unit comprising a stationary bracket l6 screwed into position in a recessed lower front part it of the cabinet pilaster l4 behind a lower drawer structure i5 which may also be an ordinary face plate or panel standing out from the principal surface of the cabinet for decorative purposes and preferably having its outermost surface flush with the plane of the outer surface of the door.

The hinge bracket i6 has a horizontally extended arm or flange l'l from which extends upwardly a pintle or bolt i8 having one lower extremity shouldered as at l9 (Fig. 2) and peened or flared as at IS in an opening in the horizontal portion ll of the bracket.

It will be observed that the horizontally extending arm or flange ll of the bracket i6 closely overlies the upper edge portion l5 of the drawer or panel l5 inwardly of the outer edge of the latter close to the bottom edge iii of the door l3.

Mounted in a suitable recessed lower part of the door i3 directly above the stationary bracket arm I1, is a movable sleeve bracket 20 (Figs. 1 to 4) secured to the door body by screws 23 or the like extending through mounting apertures 20 (Fig. 1). This movable hinge is formed by bending a metal plate back upon itself so as to leave a cylindrical sleeve or channel 2i at the bight of the bend, and this bight portion is offset relative to the plane of the body 20, as at 22, and the overlying body portions of the plate are provided with the aforesaid registered holes 20' for themounting screws 23.

Near its upper end the bight or sleeve part of themovabie hinge is pinched-into form a pair of oppositely disposed bosses 24 against which abuts a cylindrical plug or stud 25 fitted closely into the sleeve and serving as an endthrust bearing for the free end 26 of the pintle in the assembled relation shown in Fig. 4. Thus the downward thrust or component of the door weight is carried largely by the firmly seated stud or plug 25 as it bears down on the free end of the pintle l8. 7

The manner in which the movable hinge units are mounted, so as to conceal the same, is illustrated in Fig. 4 where it will be seen that the movable hinge element, generally indicated at 20, is attached near the rear lower edge I3 of the door IS in the recessed or hollow part 21 thereof, this edge being spaced from the metal facing 28 to provide a space, 29 into which the offset sleeve portion 2| extends. Closing ofi the space 29 is a rubber or like apron 30 having a tube-like sealing bead 3| and fitted at its inner edge 32 into a suitable grooving in the door, while the outer edge of the apron is grooved at 33 to fit over the inturned edge 34 of the facing sheet 28.

Having thus described my invention in detail, to provide an illustrative example, it is repeated that the appended claims are not intended to be limited to precise details of construction but are to include all equivalent forms and rearrangements fairly coming within the spirit of the invention.

I claim:

1. In a cabinet structure, in combination, a hingediy mounted door having a recess arranged at one of its hinged corners, a hingemember mounted on said door adjacent said recess and having a pintle sleeve disposed in said recess, an offset pintle bracket having one of its ofiset parts attached to said cabinet at one sideof said recess in a direction axially away from the pintle sleeve, and panel means on said cabinet concealing the offset part of the bracket attached thereto, said panel means having a marginal portion spaced from a marginal portion of said door, and said bracket having an oflset part projected between said marginal portions so as to be opposite said sleeve, and a pintle mounted on said last-mentioned oflset part of the bracket and extending into supporting engagement with said sleeve.

-2. In a utility cabinet, a hinged door and a partly concealed hinge structure therefor including a first hinge member having a mounting portion attached to the inner part of the door so as to extend substantially parallel to the plane of the door and having an offset pintle sleeve disposed in a recess arranged near a corner of said door and opening through a marginal edge of said door so as to expose one axial end of said sleeve for engagement with a pintle, and a second hinge member including a pintle bracket having a part fitted against the cabinet and attached thereto opposite said recess, a concealing member fitted against said cabinet in spaced relation to said marginal edge of the door so as to conceal that part of the pintle bracket which is attached to the cabinet, said bracket having an offset arm projecting into the space between said concealing member and the door and having mounted thereon a pintle which projects into said sleeve for cooperation with the latter in hingediy supporting said door, only said offset arm of the pintle bracket being exposed to view.

3. In a-cabinet structure, in combination, a

closure which stands out from a surface of the panel and closure, a pintle projecting from said oflset part of the bracket into 'a recess near an adjoining corner part of the closure, and complementary hinge means in said recess provided and hingediy engaged with said pintle.

LLOYD ANDERSON. 

